Congratulations to members of the ME/FM Society of BC's Research Committee, who had two poster presentations accepted at the International Association for CFS/ME conference. The conference was hosted virtually August 19 - 21, 2021. Thank you again to the patients and clinicians who participated in this project!

We express our gratitude to ICanCME Research Network for sharing this informative Journal of Orthopaedic and Sports Physical Therapy episode with us. Episode description: More than 10 million people across the world are living with the long-term consequences of COVID-19. But the crushing fatigue experienced by so many with long COVID—the postexertion malaise—is not new. People have lived with postviral illness and postexertion malaise, and they've faced stigma and harm for d

​ A 1-hour CIHR-IMHA webinar discusses: 1) Diagnosis and Management of ME, 2) Connection between ME and Long COVID, 3) Current and Upcoming Research ​ Dr. Muirhead is a surgeon, researcher, medical educator, Oxford graduate and patient from the UK. She is an Internationally recognized expert on Myalgic Encephalomyelitis and a member of the ICanCME's Working Group on Trainee Development/Medical Education.

Research has shown that one of the possible initial triggers of M.E. could be a viral illness. The same applies to COVID-19 “long-haulers”.

Dr Luis Nacul's video message to our British Columbia community for the May 30 Millions Missing BC 2020 online rally.

This post is updated as new resources are shared with us. Book your Covid-19 vaccine https://www2.gov.bc.ca/getvaccinated.html With the rising threat of Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) and the aggressive new measures taken here in Canada to contain the outbreak, we are thinking of our community of British Columbians living with ME and FM. It's hard enough to cope with living with a complex chronic disease. The challenges become more acute during a pandemic that targets the im

Part 2 of Howard Searle's interview of Dr. Luis Nacul, Medical Director, Women's Hospital Complex Chronic Diseases Program.

Last month, ME/FM Society of BC volunteer, Howard Searle , made his way to Vancouver to meet with Dr. Luis Nacul , Medical Director of BC Women’s Hospital Complex Chronic Diseases Program (CCDP), at his apartment. Howard was there to interview Dr. Nacul for an article for our Society’s 2019 December fundraiser . Howard was a registered ER nurse in his life before ME. Like all of us, he was impatiently waiting for the new Medical Director to arrive in Vancouver and take up th

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